Death Game: Starting as a fraudster, pretending to be a god.

Chapter 588 Territorial Sense

On the rooftop, after Li Nian closed the rooftop door heavily, he looked at Lin Yu, who was now acting as "Zhu Ming".

Ever since they experienced the train dungeon together, although Li Nian didn't say it explicitly, he had already regarded Zhu Ming as his own and a friend.

Therefore, it had been a long time since Lin Yu saw Li Nian act like this towards him - alert, vigilant and cautious.

"What do you want to do by coming directly to my school?"

Li Nian asked Lin Yu vigilantly, like an animal whose territory had been invaded.

Lin Yu looked very relaxed.

"You said you were busy with the finals, so I came to your school in person to pick up my payment. This saves you from having to make a trip and waste your precious review time."

Lin Yu explained.

Li Nian did not have any doubts about this explanation. After all, the character of "Zhu Ming" that Lin Yu had always shown seemed like someone who would do such a thing.

But believing that Zhu Ming had no bad intentions did not mean that Li Nian had let go of his grudge at this moment.

"Didn't I tell you to wait for my news? Why did you come to my school?!"

Li Nian's voice was already a little unhappy.

Lin Yu raised his eyebrows: "Haven't I been to your house before? There's nothing wrong with it."

Li Nian immediately said, "Then you can't sneak into my house either—don't do that again!"

"Besides, it might not be a problem if no one's home all year round...but there are so many people at school, what if someone sees us?"

Her explanation was a bit contradictory, and it sounded even more pale in Lin Yu's ears.

Of course... before Li Nian explained, Lin Yu had already understood why this little girl's attitude was so strange.

She mentioned that she had sneaked into her house before, which was a question Lin Yu asked even though he knew the answer.

"It seems that Li Nian actually agrees more with the school..."

Lin Yu thought in his heart.

Lin Yu has noticed that a considerable number of players, after being involved in the "death game", actually have a tendency to strictly distinguish and draw a clear line between "real life" and "games", and even divide their own identities - this division is much clearer than the general division between "work" and "life", "online" and "offline".

After all, for most people, the "Death Game" is an extremely high-pressure environment that was simply unimaginable in their past lives. Every week, they have to go to another bizarre world and bear the burden of "dying if they fail" to play the game, while they may have been just ordinary office workers or students before.

Furthermore, those who are chosen to enter the "Death Game" all have the characteristic of "especially not wanting to die", and the pressure of "dying" itself is particularly heavy for this group of people...

Therefore, as a self-protection mechanism at the mental health level, many players will choose to completely cut off everything related to "games" from their "real life".

They will join "organizations" and attend offline "gatherings", but they will pay close attention to their privacy...

The vast majority of players will not reveal their true identities in the player circle, and even if they become friends with other players, they rarely have gatherings or dinners together.

On the one hand, it is due to security considerations similar to the "Dark Jungle Law". After all, the death of "Tian Gong" Chen Zhitie after Lin Yu found out his identity is a good example.

But there are also many players who do this... In addition to safety considerations, it is also because they are consciously doing "division".

Even if many players happen to encounter other players in real life, it is possible that the situation will turn into mutual harm - many such cases are recorded in "Order".

Originally, Lin Yu thought that Li Nian was not that type of player. After all, he had gone to Li Nian's house, but the girl did not show any stress reaction.

But now it seems...

"For Li Nian, home is not an inviolable part of her 'real life,' but school is."

This can be seen from the fact that the temperament of her school is completely different from what Lin Yu has ever seen.

At home, Li Nian is still very much like "A Nian" from "Death Game" and "Thief" from "Free League".

But at school... Lin Yu almost didn't recognize her.

Just based on this discovery, Lin Yu felt that... this trip was worth it!

"You have a real talent for psychological analysis. Why don't you consider joining the Psychological Society?" Old Zheng replied, while also giving Li Nian a more professional definition. "This little girl seems to be the typical type with absent parents... Let me guess. Her parents are both highly educated, often away from home, and they neglect her, yet they often discipline her strictly, right?"

After hearing what Lao Zheng said, Lin Yu gave an affirmative answer.

"From what I've observed, it's pretty much the same."

When Old Zheng heard Lin Yu's approval, he immediately added fuel to the fire: "Oh, then this is your strong point, caring for the love-deprived girls. I think you do it very well in the City That Never Sleeps..."

Lin Yu felt helpless listening to Lao Zheng's teasing.

Recently, Lao Zheng and I have become more and more familiar with each other, which is a good thing - although Lao Zheng is just my summoned creature, but being able to have a good relationship with this former head of the "Psychological Society" is easy to understand and has many benefits.

But on the other hand, Lin Yu discovered that after getting to know Old Zheng, sometimes his speech was really a bit abstract.

Coupled with superb psychological skills, his words, while abstract, were able to accurately hit Lin Yu's pain points - not the severe pain that broke his defense, but just the dull pain that made him uncomfortable.

It's like a slightly tooth-wrenching orange, which is swallowable and harmless, but very unpleasant.

Fortunately, Lin Yu also has his own response plan.

"Don't speak unless I ask you, or I'll whip you."

In just one sentence, it announced the complete victory of physics over psychology.

Then, feeling that Old Zheng had shut up, Lin Yu turned his attention back to Li Nian in front of him.

"Okay, you really seem to mind me coming to school to find you - I'm sorry, I was abrupt this time, and this won't happen again."

The best way to deal with this situation is of course...

Sincere apology!

After saying this, Lin Yu walked directly past Li Nian and headed towards the entrance to the rooftop.

"I'm leaving first, An Nian. Just send me a message when you're free."

"You decide the location."

Lin Yu said calmly, reaching out to open the door handle of the rooftop, and began to count silently in his mind.

"One, two..."

Before he could count to three, Lin Yu heard the expected voice coming from behind him.

"and many more."

Li Nian sighed and spoke.

Lin Yu turned around and looked at Li Nian who was scratching her hair. She sighed helplessly and spoke.

"Forget it, you're here anyway..."

"Since you're here...right?"